This was my first ever Hacktoberfest, and honestly, it was such a fun, chaotic, and rewarding experience 😄.
I made 12 pull requests, and super happy to say that all of them got merged, which still feels unreal to me 🥹.
Most of my work was frontend-focused — fixing layouts, tweaking components, improving responsiveness, and polishing small UI bits here and there. It felt really good applying my frontend skills to actual open-source projects instead of just side experiments or tutorials.
I tried to avoid touching README files, you know, with the little controversy around contributions from India 😅, but still wanted every PR to have real value and impact.
Throughout this month, I discovered some amazing projects, interacted with super chill maintainers, learned how real-world collaboration works, and got more comfortable with Git, PR reviews, and version control in general.
Hacktoberfest honestly boosted my confidence as a developer — every time I saw that green “merged” badge, it felt like a mini win 🧩.
I enjoyed every single part of it, from hunting issues to seeing my code live in production.
Can’t wait to join again next year — hopefully as a maintainer this time 👀.
Cheers to clean commits, meaningful contributions, and endless learning 🚀❤️.
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